Another Try

I hate waiting! Things so far have gone well these past treatments. The doctors put me on another mixed cycle of Clomid and Menopur.The Clomid did not seem to do much but the Menopur did its job. Of coarse I can never be a normal case and my body has to take it to the next step. I had four eggs growing- 2 on my left and 2 on my right. My left side was growing the strongest but that worried me. During initial testing it looked like my left tube was blocked. They were never certain but it was a possibility. So for my left side to be working worried me that it was all going to go right and for it not be able to go down my tube would be so upsetting. Well I go back to the doctors 2 days later and not only does my left side shrink but my right one started stepping up. If you remember from one of my other posts the eggs should grow about 2mm a day. Instead my left continued to not grow and my right side had one egg that was growing about 3mm a day. Before I new it I was ready to take my shot to ovulate with one that would be almost 20mm and another one, also on my right that would be about 15-16mm. If it grew to 16+ then there was a good chance that I had 2 eggs that ovulated. But even if not I have 1 big egg-it was very exciting to see it. So on Wednesday evening I took the ovulating shot. Thursday I went in for some testing and Friday I went in for insemination. Again, it is like my body is working against me. It took 3 different catheters and lots of pain to make the insemination work. Its an uterine insemination so they go past the cervix and into the uterus- which would be just fine except I have a lovely twist in my cervix that would not allow the catheters to go in. A five minute procedure took 25 minutes but it finally got done. John and I always talk about how the first month is the most painful and an emotional roller coaster but the last 2 weeks is the worst. There is nothing you can do but sit there and wait and hope and pray. So that's what we are doing. We wont know anything until October 15th. Hopefully it will be great news just in time for the holiday season but if not I have to think like John does- we are not giving up and will continue to try until it works. Hes always talking so positively probably so I don't go crazy and I love him so much for that. Well keep us in your thoughts and prayers. Thanks guys!